Translations
Louis Segond 1910
Les diacres doivent être maris d'une seule femme, et diriger bien leurs enfants et leurs propres maisons;
KJV
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
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